--- title: Your sister says "We pay council tax so the council fixes our telly.… — Paying for a home and the bills · tree and pragmatics description: Your sister says "We pay council tax so the council fixes our telly." Put her right. Test 2 · ★ of lesson 6 «Paying for a home and the bills» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/6-paying-for-a-home-and-the-bills/t2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Adult life](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/) / [Paying for a home and the bills](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/6-paying-for-a-home-and-the-bills/) / t2 # Test 2 · ★ · Paying for a home and the bills Your sister says "We pay council tax so the council fixes our telly." Put her right. **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** sister, We, council, you · **What happens:** say, pay, fix, put · **To what, where:** council tax, telly, council · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 6 «Paying for a home and the bills» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/adult-life/6-paying-for-a-home-and-the-bills/#t2). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Your sister says "We pay council tax so the council fixes our telly." ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:6-paying-for-a-home-and-the-bills:t2:1 # text = Your sister says "We pay council tax so the council fixes our telly." 1 Your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 pay pay VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 7 council council NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 tax tax NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 so so SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 council council NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 fixes fix VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 13 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 telly telly NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Your sister | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **pay** *in a quote* | present | We | council tax | | | | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tax=Asset | | 3 | **fix** *in a quote* | present | the council | our telly | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent telly=Patient | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. *Sentence 2:* Put her right. ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:6-paying-for-a-home-and-the-bills:t2:2 # text = Put her right. 1 Put put VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 right right ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **put** | imperative | you *not said here* | | council | | | right *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent she=Goal | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Yes, the council fixes all tellies for free, as long as you ring ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:6-paying-for-a-home-and-the-bills:t2:o1:1 # text = Yes, the council fixes all tellies for free, as long as you ring 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 council council NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 fixes fix VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 7 det _ _ 7 tellies telly NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 as as ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 5 advmod _ _ 13 as as SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 14 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 ring ring VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fix** | present | the council | all tellies | | | | for free; long *property* | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent telly=Product for free=Beneficiary | | 2 | **ring** | present | you | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} No, council tax only pays for the police ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:6-paying-for-a-home-and-the-bills:t2:o2:1 # text = No, council tax only pays for the police 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 council council NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 tax tax NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 only only ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 pays pay VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 police police NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pay** | present | council tax | | | | | for the police | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent for police=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} No, it pays for things like bins, street lights and libraries ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:6-paying-for-a-home-and-the-bills:t2:o3:1 # text = No, it pays for things like bins, street lights and libraries 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 pays pay VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 7 like like ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 bins bin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 street street NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 lights light NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 conj _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 libraries library NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pay** | present | it | | | | | for things like bins and street lights and libraries | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent for thing=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yes, but only if the telly is new ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:6-paying-for-a-home-and-the-bills:t2:o4:1 # text = Yes, but only if the telly is new 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 9 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 but but CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 4 only only ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 5 if if SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 telly telly NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 8 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 9 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the telly | | | | | new *property* | tree rules | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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